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named Augusta Eirma, at which place it becomes navigable. 
The other colonies in this jurisdiction which are exempt from 
tribute are Tucci, surnamed Augusta Gemella\ Itucci called 
Virtus Julia^, Attubi or Claritas Julia^,Urso^ or GenuaUrba- 
norum ; and among them in former times Munda^, which was 
taken with the son of Pompey, The free towns are Old As- 
tigi^ and Ostippo^ ; the tributary towns are Callet, Callecula, 
Castra Gemina, the Lesser Ilipula, Merucra, Sacrana, Obul- 
cula^, and Oningis. As you move away from the sea-coast, 
near where the river Menoba is navigable, you find, at no 
great distance, the Alontigiceli and the Alostigi^. 
The country which extends from the Baetis to the river 
Anas, beyond the districts already described, is called Bas- 
turia, and is divided into two parts and the same number of 
nations ; the Celtic! w^ho border upon Lusitania, in the ju- 
^ The site of this place is unknown. It probably obtained its name 
from being a colony of one of the legions, the 7th, lOth, 13th or 14th ; 
which were called * geminse ' or ' gemellse,' from beiag composed of the 
men of two legions originally. 
2 " The Yalour of Julius." Sanson places it not far from Miragenil. 
3 " The Fame of JuHus." Perhaps the present OHvera, or else Teba, 
six leagues to the south of Estepa. 
The present city of Ossuna. " Grcnua TJrbanorum " would seem to 
mean " the knees of the citizens." Though aU. the MSS. agree in this read- 
ing, it probably is an error for " gemina TJrbanorum," and it may have been 
a colony of one of the legions called * geminae ' or * gemellse,' as previously 
mentioned. The other part of its appellation may possibly have originated 
in the fact of its first inhabitants being all natives of the city of Rome. 
° The use of the word fuit, * was,' implies that the place had been 
destroyed. Cneius Pompeius, the eldest son of Pompey the Grreat, was 
defeated at Munda, ia the year B.C. 45, and the town destroyed. Pom- 
pey escaped from the battle, but was taken a short time after and 
put to death. The site of the ancient town is very generally supposed 
to be the modern village of Monda, S.W. of Malaga, and about three 
leagues fr'om the sea. It is more probable however that it was in the 
vicinity of Cordova, and there are ruins of ancient walls and towers be- 
tween Martos, Alcandete, Espejo and Baena, which are supposed to denote 
its site. 
^ Now Alameda ; eight leagues from the other Astiji or Ecija. 
^ Now Estepa, six leagues from Ecija. 
8 Perhaps Mancloua, between the towns of Ecija and Carmona ; the 
gites of all the other places here mentioned appear to be quite unknown. 
^ Sanson supposes the Alostigi to have inhabited the territory near 
Almagia, between Malaga and Aitiqueira. 
1^ The Celtic! are supposed to have inhabited the country between the 
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